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Rangers are stepping up their hunt for new players in a bid to ensure next season is a success.

Chairman Dave King declared the club are within "tangible reach" of dominating Scottish football again – despite Celtic homing in on a historic treble Treble.

Steven Gerrard revealed he wants to further bolster his squad, with King insisting he will back his manager again in the summer transfer window.

The Ibrox giants have already been linked with a string of players but where do they stand with their targets?

Here Record Sport Onlinelooks at the state of play...

Greg Stewart

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The Sunday Mailexclusively revealed in March Rangers are targeting a move for Birmingham’s on-loan forward. Stewart is spending the second half of this season at Aberdeen after a successful six months on loan at Kilmarnock. The Dons want to keep Stewart at Pittodrie after his Birmingham contract ends in the summer. But Gerrard believes he can do a job for his side and are in pole position to land the 29-year-old given they will offer bigger wages than Aberdeen. His second loan spell at Pittodrie has not been a success, though, and he was non-existent in the Scottish Cup semi-final defeat to Celtic. But Gerrard feels he will be a useful addition to his squad and the Evening Times insist the club is "closing in" on a deal. The report did not explain exactly in what way Rangers are close to a contract but there is nothing to suggest the move won’t happen. In fact, it’s a near banker.

Jake Hastie

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The Ibrox club’s interest in the Motherwell winger was also first revealed in March. But any deal seemed to be unlikely, with Jake Hastie appearing to be keener on a move south. Celtic were also mentioned as a possible destination for the soon-to-be out of contract 20-year-old.

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It was reported Rangers had grown frustrated with the lack of progress and the suspicion was they were ready to declare the deal dead. However, according to the Sun and Express, Rangers remain "firmly in the hunt". They say discussions remain ongoing for the player who will cost Rangers a development fee of around £300,000. This transfer is less nailed-on that Stewart’s but must not be dismissed either, with the Express insisting Hastie has performed a U-turn.

John Souttar

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The 22-year-old is fast becoming a quality centre-back for Hearts. Joun Souttar has been a key player for Craig Levein this season and enjoyed a terrific performance in the Scottish Cup semi-final win over Inverness, scoring one of the three goals in that victory. But Hearts will not let Souttar go on the cheap and if he is keen to leave Tynecastle, Hearts chiefs will be hoping English clubs come in for the defender to spark an auction and increase his transfer fee. Given he is under contract until 2022, he would unlikely to be sold for anything less than £2million. They will have also seen Scott McKenna’s value rocket at Aberdeen and will not accept low bids.

Indeed, the capital club would play hardball over any transfer to a Premiership rival, which was evident in Rangers’ previous interest in Jamie Walker, who ended up signing for Wigan. Hearts also got tough over Kyle Lafferty’s switch along the M8. Levein said: "I hope John’s still with us for another couple of years. There’s nothing really to say about John other than we’re in a good position and John’s in a good position. He’s happy where he is, playing good football and improving all the time, and that was the reason he extended his contract. He feels there’s a little bit to go here, and so do I.” This deal appears a long way off, with there being little indication yet Hearts would be willing to sell or whether Souttar would be keen on a move to Rangers.